Σκύθης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Scythian *Skuδa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to propel, shoot”).[1] Cognate with Old Persian 𐎿𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼 (s-ku-u-d-r /⁠Skudra⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Σκῠ́θης • (Skŭ́thēs) m (genitive Σκῠ́θου); first declension

  1. an inhabitant of Scythia; a Scythian
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.2.1:
      Τοὺς δὲ δούλους οἱ Σκύθαι πάντας τυφλοῦσι τοῦ γάλακτος εἵνεκεν τοῦ πίνουσι ποιεῦντες ὧδε.
      Toùs dè doúlous hoi Skúthai pántas tuphloûsi toû gálaktos heíneken toû pínousi poieûntes hôde.
      Now the Scythians blind all their slaves, to use them in preparing their milk.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Σκῠ́θης; τοῦ Σκῠ́θου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Σκῠ́θης
ho Skŭ́thēs 		τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ
tṑ Skŭ́thā 		οἱ Σκῠ́θαι
hoi Skŭ́thai
Genitive τοῦ Σκῠ́θου
toû Skŭ́thou 		τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν
toîn Skŭ́thain 		τῶν Σκῠθῶν
tôn Skŭthôn
Dative τῷ Σκῠ́θῃ
tōî Skŭ́thēi 		τοῖν Σκῠ́θαιν
toîn Skŭ́thain 		τοῖς Σκῠ́θαις
toîs Skŭ́thais
Accusative τὸν Σκῠ́θην
tòn Skŭ́thēn 		τὼ Σκῠ́θᾱ
tṑ Skŭ́thā 		τοὺς Σκῠ́θᾱς
toùs Skŭ́thās
Vocative Σκῠ́θᾰ
Skŭ́thă 		Σκῠ́θᾱ
Skŭ́thā 		Σκῠ́θαι
Skŭ́thai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Σκύθης (Skýthis) (plural Σκύθες (Skýthes))
  • → Latin: Scytha, Scythēs
  • → Old Armenian: սկիւթ (skiwtʻ)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: скѵѳъ (sküθŭ)

References

  1. ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1980) Four old Iranian ethnic names: Scythian – Skudra – Sogdian – Saka‎[1], Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 5-23

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